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File handling
Exporting and importing MIDI loops
• It is also possible to import a MIDI file from disk by dragging and dropping it from
the Windows Explorer or the Mac OS Finder into the Project window. The Import
Options apply as well.
Support for the Yamaha XF data format
Cubase supports the Yamaha XF format. XF is an extension of the standard MIDI file
format that allows you to save song-specific data with a MIDI file of type 0.
When importing a MIDI file containing XF data, this data is placed in parts on separate
tracks called “XF Data”, “Chord Data”, or “SysEx Data”. You can edit such a part in
the List Editor (e.
g. to add or change lyrics).
Cubase can also export XF data as part of a MIDI file of type 0. If you do not want to
export the XF data together with the MIDI data, mute or delete the tracks containing
the XF data.
Exporting and importing MIDI loops
Cubase allows you to import MIDI loops (file extension “.midiloop”) and to save
instrument parts as MIDI loops. MIDI loops are handy, as they contain not only MIDI
notes and controllers, but also the associated VST instrument and instrument track
preset settings.
How to import and export MIDI loops is described in detail in the chapter “VST
instruments and instrument tracks” on page 252.
Auto Dissolve
Format
0
If this is activated and you import a MIDI file of type 0 into the project,
the file will automatically be “dissolved”: For each embedded MIDI
channel in the file, a separate track will be inserted in the Project
window.
If this is deactivated, only one MIDI track will be created. This track
will be set to MIDI Channel “Any”, allowing all MIDI events to play
back on their original channels. You can also use the “Dissolve Part”
function on the MIDI menu to distribute the events onto different
tracks with different MIDI Channels at a later stage.
Destination Here, you can specify what happens when you drag a MIDI file into
the project:
- If you select the “MIDI Tracks” option, MIDI tracks are created for
the imported file.
- If you select the “Instrument Tracks” option, instrument tracks are
created for each MIDI channel in the MIDI file. Furthermore, the
program automatically loads appropriate presets.
- If you select the “HALion Sonic SE multi-timbral” option, several MIDI
tracks are created, each routed to a separate instance of HALion Sonic
SE in the VST Instruments window and the appropriate presets are
loaded.
Option Description
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Do not change the order of events within the XF data or the event data itself, unless
you have a lot of experience with XF data.